The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank with headquarters in Beijing, China. It is a development bank with a mission to improve the economic and social outcomes in Asia. It has 103 approved members as of now.
Promoting sustainable economic development, creating wealth and augmenting infrastructure connectivity in Asia, fostering regional partnership & cooperation to address developmental challenges, Enhancing investment in private & public capital for development purposes, using the resources at its disposal for funding development in the region are some of its major objectives.
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has decided to freeze projects with Russia and Belarus in wake of Ukraine-Russia war.
The bank has suspended its project with Russia related to the rail sector worth $300 million while freezing its two activities with Belarus.
Russia is the third-biggest stakeholder of the AIIB after China and India, holding 6 percent of the voting power in the bank's management.
China strives to portray the AIIB as an international institution, but sceptics see it as Beijing’s attempt to exert influence by funding its Belt and Road Initiative projects, and set up a counterbalance to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Beijing is buying time to devise strategy as Russia is hit by West-led sanctions storm over war with Ukraine.
It will interesting to see how Russia responds to China's balancing act.
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